Jul 14 2021, 06:38 PM
QUOTE(LamboSama @ Jul 14 2021, 06:24 PM)
Eating method also got gatekeeping?
Of course.In fact even eating with fork and spoon has etiquette.
https://www.debretts.com/expertise/etiquett...to%20the%20fork.
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PRACTICALITIES
Using Cutlery
The fork and spoon are the only things that should go into the mouth. Never lick the knife or eat off it. If using a knife and fork together, always keep the tines of the fork pointing downwards and push the food on to the fork. It may be necessary to use mashed potato to make peas stick to the fork but it is incorrect to turn the fork over and scoop.
There are foods that are eaten with just a fork, including some pasta and some fish. In this case use the fork in the right hand and have the tines up, more like a spoon. It is not traditional in England, but quite usual in America, to see someone cut all their food up and then discard the knife and eat with the fork alone.
It is not correct to hold your knife like a pen. The handle lies in the palm of the hand and is secured by the thumb on the side and the index finger on top of the handle. It is permissible in a restaurant to ask for a steak knife, if the meat is tough, but rude to ask for anything extra in a private house.
When finished, the knife and fork (with tines facing upwards) or spoon etc are placed on the plate in a six-thirty position.
Spoon and Fork
Always eat puddings with a spoon and fork (both should always be laid); the spoon should be a dessert spoon. Ice cream may be eaten with a teaspoon, or a long teaspoon if served in a tall glass. Sorbet, served between courses, is eaten with a teaspoon.
Poise
When eating, bring the fork or spoon to the mouth, rather than lowering the head towards the food. Bring the food promptly to the mouth and do not gesticulate with the knife and fork.
‘The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork.’ – Oscar Wilde
Chopsticks
Hold the chopsticks parallel in one hand. The thumb and forefinger hold and manipulate the top stick. The middle finger rests between the sticks, keeping the bottom stick held still. The top stick is manoeuvred by the thumb and forefinger to grip food and bring it to the mouth. Place the chopsticks by the right-hand side of the plate when they are not in use; there may be special rests for them.
Never use personal chopsticks to pass food to people, and never use them to point at other people. It is best to use a serving spoon to take food from a communal dish if provided, or communal chopsticks (which would be a different colour).
Ethnic Foods
Certain foods from different parts of the world have their own traditions, some of which have become commonplace in modern Britain, while others are only going to be encountered rarely. Of these the most obvious is pasta, which 50 years ago was little known. It would be odd today to attack it with a knife and fork or even with a fork and spoon. Learn how to eat it as they do in Italy, with the fork only, but tidily. It is acceptable to bend more closely over the plate than with traditional English food.
If eating Indian food with the hands, it is permissible to lower the head towards the food and preferable to dropping it and making a mess. Chinese food is eaten by bringing the bowl to your mouth, rather that your mouth to the bowl. If in any doubt, say, about whether to eat pizza with a knife and fork or the fingers, remember the golden rule of table manners: think of the person sitting opposite.
Using Cutlery
The fork and spoon are the only things that should go into the mouth. Never lick the knife or eat off it. If using a knife and fork together, always keep the tines of the fork pointing downwards and push the food on to the fork. It may be necessary to use mashed potato to make peas stick to the fork but it is incorrect to turn the fork over and scoop.
There are foods that are eaten with just a fork, including some pasta and some fish. In this case use the fork in the right hand and have the tines up, more like a spoon. It is not traditional in England, but quite usual in America, to see someone cut all their food up and then discard the knife and eat with the fork alone.
It is not correct to hold your knife like a pen. The handle lies in the palm of the hand and is secured by the thumb on the side and the index finger on top of the handle. It is permissible in a restaurant to ask for a steak knife, if the meat is tough, but rude to ask for anything extra in a private house.
When finished, the knife and fork (with tines facing upwards) or spoon etc are placed on the plate in a six-thirty position.
Spoon and Fork
Always eat puddings with a spoon and fork (both should always be laid); the spoon should be a dessert spoon. Ice cream may be eaten with a teaspoon, or a long teaspoon if served in a tall glass. Sorbet, served between courses, is eaten with a teaspoon.
Poise
When eating, bring the fork or spoon to the mouth, rather than lowering the head towards the food. Bring the food promptly to the mouth and do not gesticulate with the knife and fork.
‘The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork.’ – Oscar Wilde
Chopsticks
Hold the chopsticks parallel in one hand. The thumb and forefinger hold and manipulate the top stick. The middle finger rests between the sticks, keeping the bottom stick held still. The top stick is manoeuvred by the thumb and forefinger to grip food and bring it to the mouth. Place the chopsticks by the right-hand side of the plate when they are not in use; there may be special rests for them.
Never use personal chopsticks to pass food to people, and never use them to point at other people. It is best to use a serving spoon to take food from a communal dish if provided, or communal chopsticks (which would be a different colour).
Ethnic Foods
Certain foods from different parts of the world have their own traditions, some of which have become commonplace in modern Britain, while others are only going to be encountered rarely. Of these the most obvious is pasta, which 50 years ago was little known. It would be odd today to attack it with a knife and fork or even with a fork and spoon. Learn how to eat it as they do in Italy, with the fork only, but tidily. It is acceptable to bend more closely over the plate than with traditional English food.
If eating Indian food with the hands, it is permissible to lower the head towards the food and preferable to dropping it and making a mess. Chinese food is eaten by bringing the bowl to your mouth, rather that your mouth to the bowl. If in any doubt, say, about whether to eat pizza with a knife and fork or the fingers, remember the golden rule of table manners: think of the person sitting opposite.
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